… because their recent idea makes for a super interesting experiment; we have all very high hopes :-). So go and download their latest album, “In Rainbows”. Really no scam: it’s all up to you, you can pay as much as you want (for the download version).
→ Read more The electorate’s 4 boneheaded biases
Bryan Caplan at his best. The focus is on the USA, but the applicability is, unfortunately, universal.
PS. I am still reading Caplan’s “The Myth of the Rational Voter.
→ Read more Econlinks for 19-09-07
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Ian Ayres’s prediction tools online. Although predicting things like how long your marriage would last or how long you’ll live might also catch the interest of some, my favourite by far is predicting the value of Bordeaux.
The phrase of the day
… belongs to my Italian (Economist, officially & Philosopher, undercover) friend Silvia (see, I totally acknowledge the source :-)). Simply brilliant, summarizes life in just two sentences:
And…men, you are so so so …unbelievably men!
→ Read more Song of the day: “De Música Ligera”, Soda Stereo
“De Música Ligera” (from the album “Canción Animal”) is one of the masterpieces (and the last song they played before breaking up, in their ”último concierto’…) of the Argentinian rock trio “Soda Stereo” (official, wiki), the best ever rock group singing in Spanish.
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